RA 84.2575° · Dec -73.6993° · star
5 more points to reach Epic.
Bubup is a rare star. It lies about 125 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Men, shines at apparent magnitude 6.69 and has spectral type WN....
Its spectrum reads WN... — a Wolf-Rayet star: a stellar monster shedding its own outer layers in a ferocious wind, on its way to a supernova.
Look for Bubup in the constellation Men. At apparent magnitude 6.69, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, Bubup is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Bubup scores 45 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Has a proper name and Wolf-Rayet star (shedding itself) — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.